Evening Star Newspaper, October 5, 1921, Page 6

‘B THE EVENING STAR, With Sundsy Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY. . . .October 5, 1921 THEODORE W. NOYES. . . . Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office, 11th nd Peunsylvania Ave. New_York Office: 150 Naseau 8 Office: ng. it Chica, : First Nationa) Bank Buildi European Ofice: 3 Kegent St London, Eagia The Evenfng Star, with the Sunday morning edition. ix delivered by carriers within the city At 60 cents per month; daily only, 45 cents per month; Sunday ouly, 20 cents per month. Or- ders may be sent by mall, or telephone Main 5000. " Collection 1s made by carriers at the end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia, Daily and Sunday..1 yr., $8.40; 1 mo. Daily only yr.., $6.00: 1 mo. Sunday only. Vr.. $2.40; 1 mo., 20¢ All Other States. Daily and Sunday.1 yr., $10.00: 1 mo., 85¢ Daily only. 1yr., $7.00; 1 mo., 60c Sunday onl; ~.1yr., $3.00; 1 mo.. 25¢ Future of Merchant Marine. If the United States is to realize on its huge investment in ocean tonnage the American people must' be brought to a dollar-and-cents understanding of the benefits to each person of an ade- quate merchant marine. Such is the tenor of an address delivered in New York today by Chairman’ Lasker of| the Shipping Board before the Asso- ciated Advertising Clubs of the World. He outlined the gigantic task which| the Shipping Board has before it, and made a convincing plea for popular! support of the program to restore the American flag to a position of prestige on the seven seas. Assuming as a matter of course that financiers and men engaged in foreign trade appreciated the necessity of an ocean-going fleet, Mr. Lasker ad-: dressed his argument to the farmer, the miner and the industrial worker, and undertook to show that the carry- ing of American targoes in American bhottoms is a matter of direet concern to each of them. “Generally speak- ing,” he said, *’the last 10 per cent of production makes the market, and it is this last 10 per cent that we must assure disposal of to customers in! foreign lands,” and he went on to show that when surpluses accumulate depression and losses and unemploy- ment follow inevitably. And from the evil consequences of this depression no one can escape. It hits the farmer and the man who mills his wheat; the | miner and the men who smelt and fabricate his ores; the mechanic who works at a lathe and the corporation which pays his daily wage. Ships are as necessary to the prosperity of Iowa and Kansas as they are to that of New York and San Francisco, for Jowa and Kansas are producers of surpluses which must be carried to the far places of the world if the home market is to be sustained. In addition to his plea for popular support of the merchant marine pro- gram, Chairman Lasker showed that gratifying progress has been made toward elimination of waste and a sound, businesslike basis of adminis- tration. His exposition of the situa- tion which confronted the present board when it took over affairs is a sufficient argument against impatience | and hasty criticism. _— ————————— Once in Thirty Years. What a reflection that the statue of a great American, standing at a main corner of the greatest thoroughfare in | a great city, should 'be getting its first bath in thirty vears! Yet that is the case with the statue of Benjamin Franklin, located at 10th street and Pennsylvania avenue. And; nobody is to blame, except all of us. ‘Washingtonians are so used to their city that they sometimes overlook the | details. It takes something out of_the| ordinary to prod us into the realiza- | tion of the everyday things. It took the knowledge of the forthcoming con- ference on the limitation of arma-! ments to jog us into seeing that dirt | on Franklin's statue. Like the busy housewife who knows hcr husband is bringing a friend home . dinner, the National Capital is dust- | ing off the phonograph, straightening | the chairs and getting her house in order. But it would be far better if; she kept it that way all the time. { l ! 4 Schools and Fire Prevention. Schools will co-operate in the profita-| ble and instructive observance of Fire- prevention day. To interest 65,000 or young and rising Americans inj Washington in the subject of safety from fire is a big gain. The red peril | in the sense that it is a fire peril is! real. It takes its heavy toll through-| out the vear. It has been taking its| toll throughout the centuries, and as cities and towns increase in number and in size there Is brought into exist. | ence more matter that may burn. But it is no doubt true that fireproof con- atruction, fire-resistant construction and firefighting facilities and equip- ment keep pace with increased build- ing. Yet there is much to be done. A campaign of instruction in the pres- ervation of life and property from de- struction by fire is well worth while. A single campaign of this kind is not | so expected to keep the world safe from ! insists that the world is flat instead of | me to attend night T, will suMce. Voliva's faith in his theory and his grip on his thousand dollars will remain unshaken. Voliva's theory will, at most, win for its sponsor a momentary notoriety, arising from the amusement of rea- sonable men and women over his medieval tenet. It can never do any one any pagticular harm, unless by becoming adherents to an idea which is obviously preposterous some few lose the confidence of their fellows in matters of larger importance. Voliva, in his assertion of his silly theory, is infinitely less objectionable to soclety than many who are responsible for the popularity, among certain types, of theories long since disproved yet still proclaimed as truth. Examples leap to the mind. There is the theory that universal happiness would result from the redistribution of the wealth of the world. There is the theory that capl- tal and labor are of necessity, and will ever be of necessity, enemies the one to the other. There is the theory that a different standard of morality is correct for men from that which ap- plies to women. Or that a nation in order to maintafn its virility must make war upon its neighbor. Or that government in any form is wrong. Or that a bath more than once a week is injurious to the health. Adherents to these theories are like Voliva. The world looks flat from the windows at Zion, Ill, and therefore the world is flat. A thousand dollars for proof that it is not—but (and the but is all important) that proof must satisfy Voliva. It is so with the others. That quality of unreasoning stubborn- ness which originally made possible their belief in the false perhaps ren- ders their enlightenment impossible of achievement. Yet, happily, the bulk of the world, questing only the truth, moves forward in the light of estab- lished fact. ——————— At Close Grips. The brethren on Capitol Hill have come to close grips. At last decisions on certain measures have become im- perative, and are approaching. There will shortly be a new tax law. The Senate has the matter in hand, and finds it tough. The House's work is being made over. The final shape is but a guess today. And then will come the conference, when if the House shows its teeth a warm tussle will begin. But there must be a new Jaw. The peace treaties are in hand, that with Germany in the forefront. While the debate is not exciting it is inter- esting, and what is being said has re- lation to questions that will follow in the near future. The pacts will be ratified without material change. In a few days a vote will be taken on the bill granting free passage to American coastwise ships through the Panama canal. Seven years ago, when the law making such provision was repealed at Mr. Wilson's instance, con- siderable feeling was aroused. Much of that feeling still exists, though without the aggressive expression that marked it' formerly. Within hailing distance now of the armament conference, the country is hoping for the transaction by Con- gress before that time of as much pressing business as possible, so that public interegt may concentrate on the opening of as important a gathering as the world has ever known, and from which it is expecting large bene- fits. - Congress and the Conference. The reason given in support of the proposition that the special session of Congress put up the shutters before the armament conference assembles is that as the bill for funding the for- eign loans is on the congressional card the subject might prove embarrassing with the foreign delegates in town. But the foreign delegates may be in town several months. The regular ses- sion of Congress, indeed, may be well advanced before the armament confer- {ence gets through. Should the fund- ing bill be held back until the confer- ence adjourns? But why should consideration of the bill be embarrassing, either to Con- gress or the conference? The indebt- edness of the foreign nations to this nation is known. The suggestion of cancellation is not involved, and need not be introduced. Debate will turn on the objection to investing the Secre- tary of the Treasury with funding power which, as is contended, Con- gress should share with him. That subject might easily be dis- cussed in Congress without giving of- fense to visiting conference delegates. There is no offense properly in it, and surely no senator or representative would travel out of his way to give offense. The President is reported as opposed to the proposition. He was, opposed to the month's recess recently taken by Congress. He thinks Congress ought to go right along with its work. And he is right. No time_ should be lost in writing on the books the laws the party in power has promised and the country expects. The_gentleman from Zion, Ill., who _THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D.- C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 192I. Kearney in August, 1878, though, of course, there is no likeness between Ledoux and Kearney. The sandlotter of San Francisco was not only con- cerned’about unemployment, but.about low wages and Chinese immigration, and he was vociferously concerned in organizing men to bring ubout what he called a wsocial revolution, the triumph of the national labor green- back party and the election of Ben- Jamin F. Butler as President. Dennis “‘stumped” a number of eastern states for Butler, and after the election sev- eral of Kearney's lieutenants gave it out that Kearney had supported But- ler because he wanted him beaten. . Dennis did what some others have not been permitted to do. He made a speech at the south side of the central stalrway, at the east front of the Capl- tol. He took off his coat and spoke for an hour. It was not what would be called an ultra-conservative address, though Dennis said one or two good things, among them being that “the people of the District of Columbia live under a dynasty; they pay taxes and have no vote.” Post Office Lighting. Installation of table lamps in the corridor at the Washington city post office constitutes a real improvement of that building, and one which will be welcomed by the hundreds who ad- dress letters and cards there daily. When the city post office building was opened the large lights in the ceiling of the corridor were ample to afford and pen are provided. - But during the war the lights were turned off, in large part, for the purposes of econ- omy, and it has not been deemed wise to turn them all on again. Nor have all of the floor lights, on’ pedestals, been put Sack into operation. Patrons have been forced to address their mail in poor light, bending close over the tables to see what they were trying to do. Postmaster Chance has realizsed the need of table lamps, and has been trying for two years to get them. But the government machinery moves slowly, and only this week have the lights materialized. ———— Cincinnati has secured permission from the postal authoritles to add to its local cancellation stamp announce- ments calling attention to the city's public health exposition. A judicious employment of the advertising privi- lege might enable the post office to jcollect incidental revenues which would help considerably. ———————— Unrest and unemployment are as- serting themselves in Japan sufficient- ly to prevent that nation from feeling that she is not getting her share of opportunity for assisting in the solu- tion of the principal world problems. ————— No form of taxation ever devised has been universally popular. One of the duties of economists has been to keep the burden shifting so that every element of the public will be more or less hopeful, even while realizing that taxation itself is inevitable. ——t————— Public interest in the meetings of prominent democrats cannot fail to be strong. When time is so valuable it cannot be assumed that they get to- gether simply for the sake of talking over old times. ———— et European politicians who used to declare they did not understand Amer- ican politics would risk forfeiting the confidence of their constituencies if they made such an admission today. ——————— The fact that the Chinese are rated as the most honest people on earth does not prevent the political factions In China from thoroughly distrusting each other. l | | l Russian financiers are still looking for novel and attractive designs .in I O\U'l. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Attainments. I do not hold a high regard For dear Prof. Smiley. The life he leads seems much too hard For me to envy highly. As one who knows a wondrous lot His friends all frankly rate him. But he is brake. So I shall not Admire or imitate him. But Billy Stiggina—there's the lad! He surely is a wonder. He used to make the old prof. sad In school by many a blunder. But he has certainly gone far Beyond superior scholars. For Bill is now a movie star And has a million dollars. Mental Endurance. “Didn't some of our greatest states- men study far into the night by fire light or a tallow candle?” “Yes,” replied Senator “But that's no Sorghum. for expecting ons. T regard fire, but it contributes its share m’round is interesting large audiences.|regular study as easy work compared the good cause. | Eminent democratic students of; treaty matters are now prepared to| admit that under some circumstances reservations may be in order. Unemployment is a problem which should not tempt a man to theorize in- stead of looking for work. Voliva and His Like. A reward of $1,000 is offered by ‘Wilbur Glenn Voliva, overseer of some extraordinary cult with headquarters at Zion, IIL, for proof that the world ! is a sphere. Voliva favors the theory,| popular some centuries back, that we have our being upon a flat earth. No mere reference ta the fact that a flat world would of necessity have to have edges, and that, though his fellows have been wandering about upon it for some thousands of years, none have ever been discovered, satisfies him. No protestation of the truth that one may start west from Zion, II., and, by traveling ever west over land and water, return eventually to Zion, work, the facts in the case do not mat- ter so long as he has the vocabulary. ————ete—— It is but natural that Lenin should desire to participate in the world par- ley. A true sovietist never likes to miss any kind of a meeting. ———————— Instead of repudiating financial ol ligations the soviet government, feel- ing the need of foreign credit, is anx- ious to assume them. —_— e Memories of “Champions.” Urbarr Ledoux, “champion” of the unemployed, according to announce-’ ments, will pregent to Congress fitty unemployed men as an exhibit. Le- doux is a very conservative man by comparison with other champions of the unemployed who have come to ‘Washington, and an “exhibit” of an “army” of fifty or so unemployed is a very mild exhibit measured by that which Gen. Jacob Sechler Coxey iWhen a natural speechmaker gets to|to following with close, intelligent at- tention the speeches some of my col- leagues are lable to make." Jud Tunkins says a weather prophet is always tempted to predict the hard. est winter on record, because an audi- ence is always more interested when it's a little scared. Opposite Tendencles. 1 hear the chill winda calling From the October skies: “The autumn leaves are falling But ccsl ia on the rise.” Wildeat Mythology. “Ever hear the story of Midas?” “No,” said the busy man. “Everything be touched turned to gold.” “Sounds interesting, But the au- thorities are suspicioys thése ddys. If he's a friend of yours, tell him to go slow sbout opening offices and trying to sell stock.” ““rain' no use of remindin’ a friend brought to Washington. It may also]of his faults,” said Uncle Eben. “De recall to many of the older residents|chances are dat his of Washington the arrival of Dennis|told 'im all about ‘sma. rvelations has dene ~ J light on the marble tables where ink | Investigating the Ku Klux Klan. USED AUTOMOBILES Recent “revelations” in respect to On our used car sales floyr we are displaying efprmoie 108 fesencfenron i Now Being Completed on : a number of automobilea of various makes at ble edltorial comment throughout the|E} Varnum St., Just West of Sixteenth St. ptices that should have arungsul sppeal in country, but more partiCularly in those sections where the klan has been active in organisation or has view of their condition. makes 3 Among the number are the following ) These homes are selling because their high-class construc. tion and attractiveness are at once recognized by the pur- « 5 chaser who knows what a real home should be. - Cadillac ;..hl:n t:un:?a.::“::',::: c‘:;d';.'. Two-story and attic—Hytex brick, 9 large rooms, two baths, Cole Stud resulted in the usual talk of govern- hot-water heat, electric light, open fireplace, brick garage on * Premier Mitche rear of deep lot. Three styles—detached, semi-detached and attached. Houses open daily and Sunday until 9 p.m. See them today. L. E. BREUNINGER & SONS mental investigation and restriction of the kian develops. a prospect which, despite the fact that ad rlfl-ll Wwould appear to have been active in 3 !)llf t l(ulkeu‘;‘n pendent) to remark: “We might have known il—&qp:elo' lution has been introduced in the House at Washington providing for & congressional investigation.” This function by the Department of Jus- tice 1s proper enough, the Chronicle agrees, “but pray excuse us from agy more congressional investigations. Let Congress give a demonstration of how I n attend to its own pecullar business." The Cleveland Plain Dealer (inde- pendent democratic) thinks “if the klan is all its leaders claim for it, they should welcome the spotlight now turned on it by government of- ficlals.” ‘The “supergovernment” aspect of the klan excites a fair share of the criticism, the Norfolk (Neb.) Daily News (independent) condemning it as an “attempt on the part of a limited section of the people to usurp the functions of the govern- ment,” while the Sandusky Register (republican) thinks “the worst phase of the whole business is that the klan seems intended as a sort of |2 superlegal system,” in spite of the fact that, as the Grand Island (Neb.) | = Independent (independent) says, “our own regularly elected and sworn of- ficers of the law, together with an overwhelming popular opinion, can be relied upon to keep the majesty of statutory law and of American in- stitutions supreme,” and the Emporia Gazette (independent) “when the mob is organized by the klan the Constitution, which guar- antees these people certain inalien- able rights, breaks down and anarchy takes hold of the majority.” That the Ku Klux Klan is not to be classed along with its namesake of rgconstruction days in the south or Lexingten Marion Handley On these cars terms can be armnged THE WASHINGTON CADILLAC CO. 113840 Connecticut Avenue Telephones Franklin 3800-3901 Open evenings until 9 o'clock, Sunday until 3 p. m. Mallory Soft Hats and Derbies POTATO CHIPS CHIPPED BEEF states that|i H In Bacon and Rie Fty Swindell's bacon as usual, add a cup of cold boiled rice and stir. When rice is hot, add two eggs, well beaten, and two . \/} He Wears the vigilance committees of pioneer days mb the ;vept is br?rl;lghtsou;‘:{ 1 .fl[allo I{a t tablespoons. of tomato sauce. a number of papers. e pol " s Spokesman-Review (independent re- 8 ‘ , HOW CHOW Cook until creamy., Sprinkle ?ublrllcln) nayu’}h"(he‘ ‘?:m operutlu‘d CHO' parsley on top of rice and put n the open. e vigilance comm Othe: . 2 teea nd.-i‘" oy x"éh mador m,,::; M.Ho:y. H%OYLl'ghtt quel is h§re for bacon around the edges. and had nothing to do e pe J - folb iAo CETnAIVIuRIE W biloffthe $6 and 37 A Grave O;?‘ “m ?e"w : fgwns # The sweet, taste-alluring meat of yuny Butte Miner (democratic) points out n and Grays. Full of “sndp” an gt b £ Hmg that “they were non-sectarian in thelr guaranteed, like everything else HAM porkers sugar 'cured y a famous dixie Several papers note that but little ” we sell,h to satisfy 1or s recipe. There’s something appealigly evidence of lawlessness on the par 2 3 2 of the kian has been produced, “So money back. Normally 5 palatable about it that makes it far as the Atanta organization s priced ‘at.....c.oeoqt concerned,” says the Columbia (S. C. State (democratic), “the allegations ORSERADISH were vagus and indefinite while th i gl H The Most Popular at Al eno azette republican sees In them “nothing beyond the ordinary . s S Seimate S i Rgleich Haberdasher | Markets, Chain. Stores Siets™ She” states “1Rat thekian."in _dc“ spite of mgny charges, remains un- = ‘n roce . convicted %of any acts of violence.” 1y H HOMINY ries The Christian Science Monitor (B 1109-1111 Pennsylvania Avenue H _——ee e ton) (independent) contends that: 1 H Shle'hrollglg.l! “0'( JR‘:'I'I‘I:'C:‘:PE;I‘;(?:_ JeB:n WPEIRARRBEENGAEEEEEgIENRRERRAREERIRNINEDI RERREERERENIRISEREINCINIBEGIALIEIY b - - and Negroes are mnot thereby in- fringed. KEvery one of these classes has secret fraternal orders of its own. If one secret order is to be at- | = tacked because of its secrecy and its Visit Our New exclusiveness, why not all the others?” g That the kian should not be taken |=2 BEAUTY PARLOR J too serioualy is voiced in a number | = of editorials,’ “Ridicule,” thinks the |S=Under the Management of New Haven Courier-Journal (inde- pendent), “is probably the best R. Pezzella weapon against it,” and the Colum- bus (Ohio) Dispatch (independent) is of the opinion that the klan “will soon dissolve of its own motion, from the discovery that there is no suffi- cient reason for its being.” The =5 | Lincoln (Neb.) State Journal (inde- |3 pendent republican) finds a laugh in “an inspired Georgian,” who, “while everybody else bewalls his luck, finds a way to pull $16.50 apiece or there abouts from the pockets of two-thirds of a million of Americans who were just waliting to be plucked. The magic cluck was all that was needed. Do hard times kill off the crop of suck: ers or tramsmute bone into brains Obviously not.” America and Immigration. After all, we capnot blame this country for its change of heart to- ward immigration. Even now, there is no country that is so liberal to- ward the foreigners residing within its borders. or that has so many; but it begina to feel the danger of belng stifled by so many heterogeneous ele- Special sale of Natyral Wavy Hair Goods, Eau de Liquid Henna, Toilet Articles, Hair Nets. 1109-1111 G St. NW. Close 6 P.M. ‘Sale Elegant Fur Collared Coats Always the Most Eagerly Awaited Opportunity Practically Unlimited Selection At This Lowest Price Open 9:15 A.M. Sizes For Misses, Women of the chief desires of Congress in! passing the immigration law was to! restrict the immigration from cer- tain eastern European countries and of certain particular peoples in them; but there was no other way of obe taining such results, except by strik- ing equally at all foreigners. In one of his lectures at the Institute of | Politics of Williams College, Tittoni suggested that there ought to be found a way of letting a greater num- ber of Itallans into this country by some special agreement between the governme but such agreement is hardly po$sible. and probably would not stand legally, if it were possible, —Domenica Illusirata (Italian repyb- lican), New York city. who say that the men who hold the destinies of the nations of the world in their hands, and who have been invited to attend the conference at Washington, know full that this, conference will be a failure, well i | without any practical results, but they have been compelled to ac- {3 cept the invitation for the sake of external appearances. ‘We know that the question is seri- ous and difficult, and that it will not be easy to arrive at a solution, hut nevertheless there is one infallible|§ means which will attain the purpose— that is, to make it compulsory for |3 every government to have to ask the |3 consent of the people by means of a bpular vote before drafting any men nto military service and before con. structing any war vessels or purchas. LuxNious Genuine Fur Collars and Trimmings of Mole, Wolf, Jap Fox, Australian Opossum, Natural Raccoon atively on these ques tlonr In this way disarmament would be automatically and immedi- | ately accomplished.—L'Italia demacratic), S8an Francisco. Prosperity,is just around the corner —outside Butte Post. One reason for the popularity of |3 @golf is that it is something people are not obliged to do.—Sioux City Journal. (Italian the high-rent district.— Perfectly wonderful collection, in- cluding selected models of most ex- clusive origin and most luxurious execution.. Of deep, soft-pile fab- rics, in plain or elaborated types— the highest examples of the coat makers art for 1922. Silk lined and warmly interlined. - The 6‘“( fault of our immigration service 18 that {t makes no effort to distinguiah between common stock and preferred stock,—Birmingham News.. 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